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Superintendent
  
Thomas G. Farrell

Enrollment
  
629 (as of 2014-15)

District Factor Group
  
GH

Schools
  
2

Business administrator
  
Dr. Joan Saylor

Student-teacher ratio
  
11.2:1

Number of students
  
629 (2014–2015)

Faculty
  
56.1

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Grades
  
Pre-K to [[eighth grade]|8]]

The Oceanport School District is a community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade from Oceanport, in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. The district also includes students from Sea Bright, who attend as part of a sending/receiving relationship.

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As of the 2014-15 school year, the district and its two schools had an enrollment of 629 students and 56.1 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.2:1.

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "GH", the third-highest of eight groupings. District Factor Groups organize districts statewide to allow comparison by common socioeconomic characteristics of the local districts. From lowest socioeconomic status to highest, the categories are A, B, CD, DE, FG, GH, I and J.

For ninth through twelfth grades, public school students attend Shore Regional High School, a regional high school that also serves students from the constituent districts of Monmouth Beach, Sea Bright and West Long Branch. The high school is located in West Long Branch and is part of the Shore Regional High School District. As of the 2014-15 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 630 students and 58.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.9:1.

Awards and recognition

During the 2009-10 school year, Maple Place Middle School was awarded the National Blue Ribbon School Award of Excellence by the United States Department of Education, the highest award an American school can receive.

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2014-15 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics) are:

  • Wolf Hill Elementary School with 340 students in pre-Kindergarten through 4th grade
  • Melanie Lipinski, Principal
  • Maple Place Middle School with 288 students in grades 5 - 8
  • Matthew Howell, Principal
  • Administration

    Core members of the district's administration are:

  • Thomas G. Farrell, Superintendent since April 2013
  • Dr. Joan Saylor, Business Administrator / Board Secretary (shared with Shore Regional)
  • References

    Oceanport School District Wikipedia